Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12

Jack" Downing, of Hays, was
Thursday caller.
II F. Morse was up from Leoti t.
vote last Tuesday.
"A small rain shower fell in the mid
die of election day.
Sam. FL Kelley, Of Scott City. hai
been in town q portion of the week.
Everybody appears to be arranging
for winter necessities and comforts.
Mr.. Vaughan, the loan agent, went te
Graham county to vote on Tuesday.
County Attorney Charley Howard. Of
Ellis county, was in the city on Thursday
On Wednesday O. A. Cortnght start.
cd to Milledeeville, Ill, to be absent
week or two.
CAPTAIN Fouts, of the Saline valley,
was in town on Wednesday, selling
Thanksgiving turkeys.
John Lee, who has farm south OF
town, started to Illinois Thursday morn
ing to spend the winter.
&C. j. Ferris has, this week, surveyed
the ground, 30 as 60 show just where to
build the court-h house walls.
"A. e. McCollum, of Ogallah, was at
work last week and the fore part Of this
on the Baptist church in this city.
-'Uncle" Nathan Lamb of this county,
started east Tuesday evening. He ex.
poets to be back in the course Of few
months.
Loren Jack started Wednesday even
ing to his old stamping ground, in Hi
nois. Business will detain him there for
some time.
Geo. @. Ward has had a we'll sunk in
one of the lots which he has purchased,
just east of DR.. Conger's place. Mr..
Ward will build there.
Postmaster Uford has decided to
close the mails at 7:3O p. NJ, instead of
Pm. Mail matter, in order to be made
up, must reach the Office by 7:15P. M.
r. 81. Cadwallader, of the Cadwallader
Nurseries, has been in this section OF
country about two weeks. He reports
splendid success in the delivery of trees.
Sheriff Baker started Wednesda.
evening on trip of a week or ten days
duration to Illinois. Among other places,
he will be at Aurora, his old home city,
and Chicago.
The payment of taxes for 1888 has
begun in earnest at the county treasurer's
Office. The payments to this date are
said to come fully up to those of this
period for any past year.
-Commissioner-elect Ridgway tells us
that he has sown ITO acres of wheat this
season, and that it looks fine. He says
that in that section of the country the
acreage sown to wheat this season is ten
times as great as that Of last year.
Mr. Brady, who lives on the 81. c.
Bryant place, in Big creek valley, brought
to w. 8. McGinnis on Tuesday about half
bushel Of as nice corn as we ever saw
anywhere. We counted eighteen rows on
one ear. McGinnis paid dollar for this
bunch Of corn.
Mrs. Metz, wife of the chief clerk at
Marshall & Ufford's store, is employed in
the post-office. This comes from Ben
Marshall being afflicted with lung
trouble, which makes it necessary for him
to be out of the store. It is probable he
will 90 to the Pacific coast to spend the
winter. Postmaster Ufford is to work in
the store.
Geo. Pinkhsm, while at Kansas City
last week, left his overcoat in the COM
mission Office of Kirkpatrick & Co., and
when he went to get it it was gone. He
came back home, expecting to see it new
ermore. Last Thursday morning he
found it at the express Office at Wa-Kee-
ney, whittier it had been sent by some
body.
Mr.. Andrew j. McCollum and family,
from Jasper county, Iowa, have come to
Trego county to make their home. Mr..
McCollum has purchased the Chandler
claim, in the Saline valley, six miles north
of Wa-Keeney. He is believer in good
stock, and has brought with him six